> > Right now, I'm cursing the guy who thought that the "cloverleaf" or > "mouseketeer" power receptacle was a good idea. I'm sitting here > looking at an HP ScanJet wondering if it would be worth the effort to > replace it. > > Fer heaven's sake, what was wrong with the IEC connector?
If you mean the one that a mad friend of mine calls the 'figure of 12' (on the grounds that the 2 pin one used on radios, etc, is often called a 'figure of 8') then I believe it _is_ an IEC connector, in the same standard as the more familiar 'kettle plug'. The thing that annoys me about this connector is that a rewireable cable socket does not seem to exist. Just moulded cables, which I dislike on the grounds I can't check that the wires are properly connected (and not just held on one strand). A rewireable 'figure of 8' does exist, but the version I have seen doesn't have a proper cable clamp. -tony
